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O'Keefe, Jeremiah Growing up in Mississippi
Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi in July 1923. He grew up in a big antebellum home which...
Heuer, Frank Growing Up in New Orleans
Frank M. Heuer Sr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in October 1923. He grew up with three sisters and one brother....
Adams, Lynward Growing up in New Orleans
Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams was born in April 1923 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana...
Kesselman, Emil Growing up in New York
Emil Kesselman was born in April 1927 in Jamaica, New York. He had one brother, George, who has since passed, and a...
Blair, Douglas Growing Up in Oregon to Joining the Navy
Douglas Holmes Blair was born in December 1925 in Roseburg, Oregon with one brother and a half-brother. Both of his...
Parrotta, Raymond Growing up in Rochester
Raymond “Ray” Parrotta was born in Rochester, New York in May 1927. His father worked with a railroad company, and...
Bubrig, Leander Growing Up in Rural Louisiana
[Annotator’s Note: Constant noise in background throughout this segment.] Leander Bubrig was born in Boothville,...
Comeaux, James Growing up in Rural Louisiana
James D. Comeaux was born in August 1926 in Crowley, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Egan, Louisiana. He did a lot of...
Bates, Dale Growing up in Salem
Dale Bates was born in Salem, Oregon in January 1924. Bates’ father worked in the banking industry and, as such, the...
Lamm, Edwin Growing up in San Antonio
Edwin Lamm was born in San Antonio, Texas in June 1923. [Annotator's Note: Lamm's wife walks in the background, turns...
Cuniff, Claude Growing Up in Texas
Claude Clifton Cuniff, Junior was born in August 1927 in Beaumont, Texas. He grew up in Big Hill, Texas where his...
Warne, Therese Growing Up in the Philippines
Therese Wadsworth Warne was born in February 1934 in Mindanao, Philippines. During the Depression [Annotator's Note:...
Brooks, Leonard Growing Up in the Philippines
Leonard Brooks was born in the Philippines in 1924. His parents had gone to the Philippines in 1922 as missionaries and...
Turnbull, David Growing up on a Farm
David Eugene Turnbull was born in March 1925 in Lincoln, Nebraska. His family moved to Blue Springs, Nebraska where his...
Holder, Jack Growing up on a Farm
Jack Holder was born in December 1921 in his mother’s hometown of Gunter, Texas. His father was a World War 1 veteran,...
Welch, Richard Growing Up on a Farm
Richard Welch was born in November 1927 in Perry, Michigan. His father, a sharecropper, moved the family to various...
Heath, David Guadalcanal
David Heath found out he was behind Japanese lines. To evade the 800 soldiers, the Marines walked behind them, up a...
Salerno, James Guadalcanal
James Salerno stayed in San Diego for about four or five months. From there they went to Pearl Harbor where they saw...
Wingo, Hugh Guadalcanal
Hugh Wingo and his unit trained at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] for a while before they went...
Robinson, Theodore "Ted" Guadalcanal
After a year, Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson's flotilla [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 (MTBRon 6)] was...
Miralles, Richard Guadalcanal
Richard Miralles thought Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] was miserable. They had mud on...
Carson, Benjamin Guadalcanal
Benjamin Carson received ten days leave after the Makin Island raid. He was billeted at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in...
Solomon, Robert Guadalcanal
Robert M. Solomon was on deck when they got a submarine. He had to hold on, or he would have gone overboard when the...
Shannahan, Claude Guadalcanal
Claude Shannahan left Tulagi and boarded the USS Colhoun (APD-2) on the way to Guadalcanal. They had just gotten into...
Higgins, Richard Guadalcanal
[Annotator's Note: Richard Higgins served in the US Marine Corps in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...
Buell, Harold "Hal" Guadalcanal
Harold Buell was stationed on Guadalcanal where he found life in the field to be far more difficult than it was on his...
Keller, Richard Guadalcanal
Richard Keller's outfit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] went back to...
Williamson, Leon Guadalcanal
Leon Williamson returned to Ewa [Annotator's Note: Ewa Field, Oahu, Hawaii] in late June [Annotator's Note: June 1944...
Gulotta, James Guadalcanal
[Annotator's Note: James Gulotta served in the Army as an intelligence and reconnaissance team leader in the 21st...
Fisher, Clayton Guadalcanal and Losing the USS Wasp (CV-7)
[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...
Kelley, Archie Guadalcanal and Tarawa
Later on [Annotator's Note: in the war] in the atolls on the way to China, the destroyers would go into the lagoons...
Powers, Robert Guadalcanal and the Invasion of Bougainville
On his first day at sea, Robert Powers got seasick. One of his friends, Ned Meloney, played for the 49ers [Annotator's...
Lansford, William Guadalcanal and the Makin Island Raid
The first chance William Lansford and the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion had [Annotator's Note: to fight the Japanese] was...
Gimbut, Raymond Guadalcanal and the Marianas Islands
Raymond Gimbut joined the crew of the Selfridge [Annotator's Note: USS Selfridge (DD-357)]. He thought it was a good...
Marolda, Theodore Guadalcanal Assault
Theodore Marolda received orders to board a transport bound for the Solomon Islands after it was discovered the...
Goss, Thomas Guadalcanal Campaign
Thomas Goss was sent overseas to New Caledonia with his unit [Annotator’s Note: Marine Air Group 25] as a radio...

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